Chapter 515 Soap

"If you want to eat it, I'll stew a pot for you." Zhuang Qingning said with a smile, "But I didn't buy lard for stewing."

"What is it for?" Zhuang Qingsui was a little surprised.

Isn’t this lard for food?

"I plan to make some soap." Zhuang Qingning replied with a smile.

"What... is soap?"

"Soap is a small square or round piece. When you wash your hands and face, you rub it to produce some foam, which can wash away all the dirt on your hands and face." Zhuang Qingning gave a general introduction.

"Oh..." Zhuang Qingsui blinked thoughtfully, "I understand a little bit what you mean, sister, but lard is greasy. If you get a little bit of oil on it, it can't be washed off. Sister, are you sure that any soap made from this stuff can clean your hands and face?"

"this……"

Zhuang Qingning couldn't explain some of the chemical reactions to Zhuang Qingsui, so he could only say, "Hearing is believing, seeing is believing, let's take a look tomorrow and you'll know, right?"

"Yes, then tomorrow I will see if the soap my sister makes is really that magical..."

So, on the second day, Zhuang Qingning boiled, stirred, let stand, cooled and other raw materials such as lard, wood ash and table salt according to the soap making recipe, and finally obtained a large piece of yellowish solid.

"Is this soap?" Zhuang Qingsui looked at it carefully for a long time, reached out his hand to poke it, and when he found that the texture seemed to be good, he reached out and touched it.

"This hand feels smooth and comfortable to touch."

Zhuang Qingsui raised his head and smiled at Zhuang Qingning, "I just don't know if it's as magical as my sister said, and can wash away all the dirt."

"That's easy. You'll know if you give it a try." Zhuang Qingning said as he went to the kitchen and took a look around. When he came out, his hands were covered in black soot from the bottom of the pot and some oil stains.

Such hands were washed in a basin of clean water. Although some of the dust from the bottom of the pot in the palms was washed away, they still looked greasy and dirty.

But Zhuang Qingning took the small soap cut from the big soap block in his hand, wet it with some water, and rubbed it back and forth.

On the originally black palm, some white, fine and soft foam gradually appeared.

Seeing this, Zhuang Qingsui exclaimed, "Huh?" Before she could be surprised for long, Zhuang Qingning had already washed away the fine foam in the basin.

After washing with the foam, the originally dark and oily hands have now returned to their white color.

"It's really clean." Zhuang Qingsui held Zhuang Qingning's hand in amazement, looked left and right, and even rubbed it back and forth several times, "Not only is it clean, but it's not greasy at all."

"But this is very strange. This is made from lard, but lard is so oily. How come after this thing is made, it can wash away the dirt so cleanly and not be greasy at all?"

"Well, to put it simply, when this thing is mixed with other things, it will change. It's like a medicine. When used alone, it has one effect, but when mixed with other things, it has another effect. Doctors often say that certain things cannot be taken together for fear of incompatibility. This is the same reason."

Before Zhuang Qingning finished speaking, Zhuang Qingsui patted his head and laughed, "I understand. It's just like this word. It means one thing when put in this sentence, but it means something else when put with other words."

“Lard looks sticky and greasy on its own, but when mixed with other things, it becomes something else.”

"How clever! That's what you mean." Zhuang Qingning nodded approvingly. "And this soap can not only wash your hands and face, but also wash your clothes cleanly."

"I'm just going to give it a try this time to see if I can make it and whether it's useful. Then I'll add some flower juice, dried petals, etc. to the soap. After washing your hands, they'll be fragrant and clean."

In this case, the soap can be named as perfumed soap. Some soaps can also be made into medicinal soap by adding some wormwood juice, sulfur, etc., and can be made into whitening soap by adding some pearl powder...

If this soap workshop is opened, the product styles will definitely be rich, and it will definitely be very popular because of its good appearance and quality.

By then, it would not be an exaggeration to say that you will be making a fortune every day.

The more Zhuang Qingning thought about it, the more excited his eyes became, but the light soon dimmed and he even let out a long sigh.

She now has a lot of recipes and ideas, but when it comes to actually executing them...

Even the actual opening of this noodle workshop went through some twists and turns, so opening this soap workshop is not an easy task either.

Moreover, since lard is not cheap, the initial consumer group of soap is bound to be middle class or above. If she wants to make a fortune from soap and follow the basic investment philosophy of not putting all her eggs in one basket, Zhuang Qingning feels that she needs a strong partner other than the Cheng family...

"Sister, can you cut this soap into small pieces first? I want to give some to Jin Zhou and Mr. Fan first."

Zhuang Qingsui's voice interrupted Zhuang Qingning's thoughts.

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"Okay." Zhuang Qingning touched Zhuang Qingsui's little head. "You guys are always reading and writing, so it's easy for your hands and sleeves to get stained with ink. This soap will come in handy."

“That’s not the case…”

Zhuang Qingsui said seriously, "Mr. Fan and Jin Zhou often make bets. The loser will have a turtle painted on his arm by the other person. But every time, the arm is not washed cleanly enough, so Mr. Fan often doesn't dare to play. Now that he has soap, he can wash it cleanly, so he doesn't have to be afraid anymore."

Zhuang Qingning: “…”

Why do I vaguely feel that my sister is being led astray by that naughty old boy Fan Wenxuan?

However, after being reminded by Zhuang Qingsui, she did have some ideas...

Zhuang Qingning concealed the thoughts in his eyes, and took out the big piece of soap. Together with Zhuang Qingsui, they cut the soap into small pieces, sealed them with oil paper, and prepared to divide them one by one and try them out.

When the two of them finished cutting everything, Wang came over.

She had a large bamboo basket slung over her arm. Although it was hard to see what was inside, it looked very heavy from the outside. It weighed down Wang's body so much that it tilted when she walked.

"Ning girl, are you busy with that?" Wang's face was full of smiles, and her smile looked very servile.

"Not too busy." Zhuang Qingning asked in surprise, "Why is Auntie here? What's the matter?"

The first skill that time travelers must have: making soap. The host has already mastered this skill~ 　　 　 (End of this chapter)